[Elecraft] paddle key training
Gary Gregory
garyvk4fd at gmail.com
Fri Mar 25 19:48:25 EDT 2011
*To everybody, I AM WRONG, so sayeth everyone who tries to use my
paddle...Grin*
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*You guessed it folks...My Dits are on the LEFT and DAH's on the right.*
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*But then I AM different, I also live in 'The Land Downunder' where the
water in the toilet bowl swirls opposite to the US...is that wrong
too...Grin*
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*Aaaah...Dare to be different I say!*
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*OK, back to my backwards CW I go!*
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*As a very good mate has told me often..'It's not me, it's the OTHERS you
have to watch.......all the time'*
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*73's*
*Gary
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On 26 March 2011 09:41, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
> On 3/25/2011 3:56 PM, John Cooper wrote:
> > Anyone know of any google or youtube videos or a website that shows
> > how to use a key like the bencher by-1 or 2. Also I would like to
> > poll those that use paddles do you have dits on the left or right
> > paddle? Curious as to what the majority uses.
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> Wow John, you are going to get as many opinions as there are people who
> read your post! :-) I wouldn't be too surprised if one or two also
> assert their answers are "right" and all the rest are "wrong." [;-))
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> I don't know of any videos on the I'net, and given the above, they
> probably would convey just one person's opinion anyway, and YMMV.
> Here's mine:
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> I'm left-handed but, like most southpaws, can [and have to, sometimes]
> do things right handed, it's called "Tyranny of the Majority." Try a
> hand operated can opener left-handed. We conducted a survey here about
> 4 or 5 years ago, and while roughly half of the southies paddled north,
> less than 1% of the northpaws paddled south. Apparently we lefties are
> far more adaptable than our right-handed brethren [and sistren]. So,
> you first have to figure out if you're right or left-handed. Once you
> have that ...
>
> A standard right-handed bug has the dots on the thumb and dashes on the
> fingers. You could buy left-handed bugs, maybe still can, but they were
> more expensive. My Elmer was left-handed too, but he taught me to send
> right so I could write in my log with my left. When I graduated to an
> old WW2 surplus Lionel J-36, I used it right-handed. I still usually
> paddle right, dots on the thumb.
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> I can and sometimes do paddle left. Generally this is when using
> someone else's rig who paddles south. It doesn't seem to matter much if
> he has dots on the thumb or fingers, I get used to it right away. I've
> also seen right-handers turn a left-handed paddle around, put their hand
> over the paddle and work it just fine.
>
> The message: "Do what works for you, there is no 'right' answer." If
> you're a leftie and think you might have frequent occasion to use
> someone else's paddle [FD, county expeditions, etc], the odds are about
> 80-85 out of 100 if he is male that he will be right-handed and have it
> set up north with dots on the thumb. The odds he will be male are about
> 99 out of 100. In that case, you might want to just learn to paddle
> right with dots on the thumb. Again though, it's like boats ...
> whatever floats yours will work just fine.
>
> Enjoy your K2, enjoy being in a fairly small world-wide group that
> converse in Morse code.
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> 73,
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> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
> - www.cqp.org
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